A Forgotten Tea Country: What is Red Oolong? The Tea Fragrance of Luye, Taitung Resurfaces
Author/ The Tantalums - Han-Yi Han-Yi
Update: 2025/11/27
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How to brew Red Oolong? Red Oolong is easy to brew with a pleasant fruity flavour.
The official angle provided by Red Oolong
Quality Characteristics of Red Oolong (From Tea Reform)
- Red Oolong has a hemispherical shape and a dark red colour with a glossy finish.
- The colour of the tea broth is orange-red, bright and clear like black tea, but the taste is like oolong tea.
- Red Oolong is a heavily fermented and roasted oolong tea, which is less susceptible to deterioration when stored for a long period of time and can be stored as an aged tea.
- The tea is thick and fruity, with a mellow and smooth flavour, active, resistant to steeping, sweet and mellow, making it an excellent choice for cold brewing. Red Oolong is a thirst quencher and has great potential in the bubble tea and tea beverage market.
- Tea plant conditions are not easily limited by season, species, pests and diseases, etc. Tea gardens can not be sprayed with pesticides, it is a safe and hygienic tea, suitable for all seasons and organic tea gardens to promote.
- Red Oolong is a new speciality tea that combines the processing and quality characteristics of Oolong and black teas, and has the highest fermentation level of all Oolong teas.
- In summer and autumn, due to strong sunshine and photosynthesis, the tea buds grow rapidly and produce high yields, but the production of packet-seeded tea is prone to bitter flavour, and it is a pity that most of the tea buds are not harvested and kept for maintenance. However, the summer and autumn seasons are very suitable for the production of red oolongs, which can greatly increase the income of tea farmers.
- The most important feature of red oolong, which is different from oolong tea, is that it is easy to process, and there is no need to stay up all night to make the tea. The focus is on the withering and stirring process, which is a revolutionary change in oolong tea, and is a new breakthrough in the production process.
What's the Red Oolong cartoon?
When the first rays of dawn are cast from the coastal mountains of Mount Turan.
A beautiful ruby shines on the plateau of the Rift Valley;
The unique flavour is created by the local terroir.
The history and culture of the city have given rise to fascinating stories.
The Taitung Red Oolong is a classic of the "Taitung Red Oolong"!
Red Oolong Tea Flavour Wheel
Black tea leaves usually have a fruity, roasted aroma.
Definition of Red Oolong (Kano Farmers Association Standard) |
| The processing of this tea involves withering, stirring, killing, kneading, initial drying and kneading (hemispherical). The degree of fermentation is comparable to that of Oriental Beauty tea, but below that of black tea. The emphasis of black oolong is on the sweetness and watery colour of the tea broth, therefore the finished tea needs to be re-roasted, which can bring a light roasted aroma, but not a heavy ripe (or burnt) flavour. The appearance of red oolong is a dark red hemisphere, the colour of the tea broth is orange-red, and it has a ripe fruit aroma. The taste of the tea broth is smooth and sweet, and it should not have any essence or bitterness. |
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The lightness of the ripe fruit flavour has an infinite variety of tastes.
Red Oolong Tea
From the name of the tea, it is clear that this tea is an oolong tea that combines the processing and quality characteristics of oolong tea and black tea, and it is the most highly fermented oolong tea. The difference between black oolong tea and other oolong teas lies in the withering and stirring process. The process is simpler than other Oolong teas and the tea growers do not have to stay up all night to make the tea. Red Oolong Tea is a tea successfully developed and marketed by the Taitung Branch of the Tea Leaf Improvement Plant.
Red Oolong is suitable for production in Taiwan's tea regions, and is usually produced by tea farmers using the tea leaves from the summer and autumn seasons. This tea is mostly hand-picked. The tea leaves are not susceptible to pests, diseases and seasonal restrictions, and are suitable for organic, non-toxic tea plantations.
Red Oolong is suitable for cold brewing or hot drinking and therefore has great market potential. Red Oolong can also be produced mechanically for bottled and canned beverages. It is also suitable for brewing as a black tea. As it is a heavily roasted oolong tea, it can be stored as an aged tea. The colour of the tea broth is amber-orange red like black tea but with the taste of oolong tea.
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- Highly oxidised fermentation degree of about 80-90%, with unlimited shapes.
- The colour of the water is red, which seems to be like the flavour of oolong tea.
- Hemispheres are stereotypes
narrow sense
- There is sunshine, but it needs to be kneaded first and then fried.
- Produced in the Taitung County area and need to be baked well.
Red Oolong Related Labels
Although the labels are varied and not yet standardised, the most widely used are the competition teas, and the Deerfield Township Farmers' Association logo, which has been displayed for many years, is marked on the box that closes the Farmers' Association's competition box.
Version 2022 Taitung County Government Announcement Image
Taken at 2025.11 Taitung Red Oolong Pavilion at Nangang Tea, Wine & Coffee Fair
In 2022, the Taitung County Government commissioned Playmax to make an image logo, which has appeared in many cultural and creative exhibitions and tea expositions, as well as in many mainstream media reports.
With the goal of local creativity, the Taitung Red Oolong Label, promoted by Taitung's Bureau of Water and Soil Conservation, Taitung Branch of the Council of Agriculture of the Executive Yuan, has completed a number of major renovations of 『Bright Spot Shops』in recent years, increasing the image upgrades of local brand shops, and transforming the revitalisation and beautification of the space where tea is served.
The logo of the Red Oolong is taken from the image of Pixi, one of the nine sons of the dragon, and Pixi is also known as Tianlu and Tianlu, which is a symbol of good luck and wealth, and the image of Pixi corresponds to the Red Oolong tea leaves, which are used in most of the Farmers' Association competition packages.
The red oolong's place of origin label is restricted to Luye Township, and it is a seal that certifies the place of origin of the red oolong in Luye. Unlike the Taitung seal, it is certified by the Luye Township Office, and is strictly controlled by consumers from the place of origin survey, curriculum vitae checking, pesticide inspection, quality assessment, and product packaging!
Taitung Red Oolong origin labelling can be used in all of Taitung, including Guanshan, Taimali and Chulu, but not many people are using it at the moment.
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A forgotten tea village in Taitung
In the mouths of businessmen, it has become a fascinating story worth making a fuss about, and the case of Deer wild-produced black oolong is even more unique. TWG TEA, an international tea brand, listed it as one of the top five famous teas in 2015, and described black oolong tea in this way: "It is a tea produced on the Pacific coast in the craggy eastern part of Taiwan, and it is famous for the humidity in the sea", which has raised the value of the product from a deserted area of the country, and it is sold at a price several times higher than that of the mainstream high mountain green teas. The price is several times higher than that of mainstream high mountain green tea. Half a century ago, the highest altitude of tea cultivation in Taiwan was concentrated in the Nantou Freezing Peak Tea District, and Taitung was the "back mountain" of Taiwan, meaning that it was a high mountain at that time, a place relatively untouched by human influence. The decline of the tea industry in recent years has become an important opportunity for transformation.
The Deerfield Life Circle in the Hanato-Rift Valley
In the past, during the Japanese rule, Luno was a production base for "black tea" and an important town for the export of Assamese black tea. At first, half of the land was in the hands of "Dasanfa's pineapple factory" and "Taisan Sugar's sugarcane fields", but it was gradually released and privatised over time. Xin Yuan Chang is the Wen clan that moved here under the Nationalist Government's "Land for the Tillers" programme, witnessing the rise and fall of Taitung's industries, from 50 cents a catty of pineapple to five yuan a catty of tea, and then the peak of black tea production and wholesale even reached 60 yuan a catty, but in the 1960s and 1970s black tea began to lose its foothold, and the rise of the small-leafed, fragrant tea market led to the replacement and conversion of the large-leafed tea trees used in making black tea; fortunately, the large-leafed tea tree was replaced by the large-leafed tea tree. Fortunately, the production technology was not interrupted, so in the 1970s, the company was awarded the honour of being named "Fu Lu Tea" by former President Lee Teng-hui, and was known as the President's Tea for a long time. At that time, the price was so good that at one time, it was impossible to hire anyone to help make the tea, and at night, when the lamps were brightly lit, people and cars were in constant contact, and the semi-finished tea leaves, which had been kneaded into a ball of cloth, were fought for by the tea traders who wanted to buy them.
The name "Fulu Presidential Tea" comes from the fact that in 71 years of the Republic of China, Mr Lee Teng-hui visited this place to taste the tea and named it "Fulu Tea", which was widely spread at that time. The annual output is about 400 tonnes, and the regional varieties include Assam from the Japanese colonial period,Green Heart Oolong, andorange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva), andpeyote (Lophophora williamsii), andfour seasonsBuddha's hand,OolongAnd so on, and with the tea industry to improve the factory constantly have new varieties launched, with the land suitable for changes and choices, there are also different changes.
Taken at 2025.11 Taitung Red Oolong Pavilion at Nangang Tea, Wine & Coffee Fair
Kano Kodai and its surroundings
Luno Township is located in the southern part of the East Rift Valley, at 22.5 degrees north latitude and 121 degrees east longitude. The township is situated in a tropical area, and the proximity to the eastern coast is most suitable for animal husbandry; the southwestern part of the township is hilly and suitable for the cultivation of specialised crops, while the north-central part of the township is an area of fertile soil, which is the essence of agriculture, and river terraces can be found everywhere.
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The village population of about 8,000 people Minke community accounted for the majority, most of the major events at the time and moved here, when the population pressure and political subversion of the displaced, it is not easy to survive the pioneers opened up this piece of Taiwan in order to live in the "backcountry", according to the Luno high Taiwan's largest local Chen clan oral history of their ancestors used to reside in the central and western areas of Taiwan, suffered a severe storm flooding, the government at the time vigorously promote the three seventy-five rent reduction policy favourable The government then vigorously promoted the policy of three seventy-five rent reductions and concessions, from Nantou to Luno and Beinan Township and other places, initially by tricycle commuting back and forth to deliver the tea dishes, in order to improve the efficiency of the production of raw materials to shift the location to Luno surrounding the roots. Luno has seven villages (Luno, Longtian, Yongan, Ruilong, Ruiyuan, Ruihe and Ruifeng), which is called the Luno living circle, and the agricultural population accounts for 70% of the population, which can be truly described as "a land of open spaces, houses like a house, good fields, beautiful ponds, tea and bamboo, and the roads are well travelled with the smell of dogs and cocks. This scene is exactly the same as in the Peach Blossom Garden story, where the mountains are shielded, and human nature is conservative, simple, and happy (Taitung Luye Township Office, 2015).
Taken at 2025.11 Taitung Red Oolong Pavilion at Nangang Tea, Wine & Coffee Fair
Taken at 2025.11 Taitung Red Oolong Pavilion at Nangang Tea, Wine & Coffee Fair (Flavour Wheel)
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There are also a variety of red oolong reproductions in the market, which are very suitable for desserts, with excellent results. Dessert makers have achieved very good results in the international arena by applying them to ice cream, gelato, and chocolates.
One of the four major species in Taiwan's history, but little known today.
The quality remains excellent, with a rich, fruity aroma and distinctive caramel notes.
Combined with Taitung in recent years to promote the slow economy, both in the local business has long been the Chen family, as well as subsequent input into the Taitung Tea Plantation production of large and small producers, to the eastern half of the life, and jointly constructed a unique brand of slow life experience, to promote the slow culture of the tea meditation, not the kind of Japanese silence, but under the bright sun fan with the wind, cozy in the vast east of Huadong Rift Valley among the cool coziness, which is a unique slow life! This is a unique kind of slow living, allowing more people to feel the laziness of Taitung's mountains and seas through tea, which is called a relaxation.
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From the natural tea plantation environment of Taitung's Huadong Rift Valley, Taitung's local speciality tea is made with honey-scented fruit and sweetness.Cold brew, iced teaGood choice.
For brewing instructions see here!
Tip: The higher the temperature, the better the flavour; the lower the temperature, the sweeter.
Click on the picture to see the red oolong tutorial video.
Red Oolong Brewing Reference Values
Tea brewing ratio:Please use 1g of tea to 120ml of hot water to scale up.
Brewing temperature:For hot brewing, please use 92 degrees up and down in the summer and 100 degrees straight up in the winter.
Soaking time:The hot brew can be extracted in one go for about four and a half minutes (5g: 600ml).
Gongfu brewing:Ratio 1:50, brew at high temperature for 30 seconds each time, four or five times.
Recommended equipment:White porcelain ＞ Pottery and alabaster bottles ＞ Glassware
Taken at 2025.11 Taitung Red Oolong Pavilion at Nangang Tea, Wine & Coffee Fair
Red OolongExclusive Courses
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- Objective 1 To understand the characteristics and definition of red oolong.
- Objective 2 To differentiate the factors contributing to the flavour variation of red oolongs in a practical manner.
- Objective 3 Understand the commodities that are commonly confused in the market
What you will learn in this course:
- What is red oolong? It is different from red water oolong.
- The effects of fermentation, oxidisation and refinement on the tea.
- A taste of the low altitude of the terroir of the region of origin.
- How to brew a good cup of tea.
- Tasting method, colour, aroma and taste.
Do you want to know what is RED OOLONG TEA? "Red Oolong, Red Water Oolong, Gui Fei Tea, Oolong Red Tea, are all names often confused in the market...in fact, they are not quite the same! [Red Oolong, both traditional and innovative local speciality tea] A special method of production, there are endless variations of the magic, the tea broth is a colourful red, it is inevitable that people mistake it for black tea, in 2008, the promotion of red oolong has been successful, the four places of origin to follow suit, and even honoured to be listed on the TWG flags of tens of thousands of famous teas! What is the taste of Taiwan's East Coast Oolong Tea?
| Red Water Oolong | Red Oolong |
|---|---|
| The leaves are green with a red border. | Amber coloured leaves |
| Less fermentation | Heavy fermentation |
| Orange or amber | Orange-red or deep red colour, clear, bright and lustrous |
| Sweet and smooth flavour, suitable for hot drinks | Ripe fruit flavour, sweet, smooth, suitable for both hot and cold brewing |
| Curly orange colour on the outside | Semi-spherical, compact, dark colour with luster |
(From the introduction of Taiwan's new speciality tea - Red Oolong / Wu Sheng-Shun)
It is easy to have floral aroma and fragrance, and magnolia flowers and pomelo flowers are easy to appear. At present, this variety is easy to obtain the raw material of young buds, with obvious bud tips and strong taste fineness, and it can be mass-produced at a low altitude, with a higher effect than other varieties, and the market acceptance for making refreshing teas is high.
Reference Tea List for Red Oolong Programme
*Subject to change due to actual conditions.
- Gift Tea Red Water Oolong
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- Lam Wong Bao Hong Tea Red Oolong
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- Lian Kee Wuyi Red Oolong
- Lian Kee Ball Type Honey Flavour Red
- Deer Image Farmers' Association Red Oolong
- Sun Yuen Cheong Daffodil Red Oolong
- Sun Yuen Cheong Assam Red Oolong
- Alishan Sweet Small Leaf Tea
- Naima Toshinobu Ball type red oolong
- Guifei Oolong
- Honey Spiced Oolong
- Jhushan Oolong Method Black Tea (Oolong Black)
- Northern Thailand Misery Red Top Tea (Red Oolong)
- Indonesia Red Oolong Volcano Tea
- Vietnam Red Oolong
- Koshien Red Water Oolong Tea
- Hou Sheng Tea Garden Red Oolong Tea
- Yoon Fong Tea House Tea King Red Oolong
- Bo Ya Zhai Natural Tea Garden Red Oolong
- Tai Fung Tea Garden Honey Red Oolong
- Tung Kit Organic Tea Plantation Red Oolong
- Yipin Tea House Kao Tai Red Oolong
- Red Oolong Co-operative Society
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- Junyu Tea Garden Red Oolong High Mountain Competition Tea
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